Discover Mollet de Peralada
Accommodation in Mollet de Peralada
Explore Mollet de Peralada through three themes: architectural history, winegrowing and routes through woodland and vineyards. If you are looking for a hotel for a trip to the town, these highlights can help you choose according to your interests. The religious buildings offer specific architectural contrasts; the wine and route themes each focus on their own landscape features and course.
Churches and local history
The Església de Sant Cebrià is a Romanesque temple dating from the 12th century. Later alterations have changed the building in many ways, while its tall bell tower remains a striking feature. Its Romanesque architecture includes a semicircular apse with an almond-shaped vault. An apse is the rounded end of a church space; the vault gives this part another distinctive form. The combination of its 12th-century origins, later alterations and surviving architectural forms makes the church interesting to travellers who want to explore local history through architecture.
The Capella de Sant Joan de Degollaci is in the district of Les Costes. It dates from the 18th century and is a single-nave temple with a rectangular floor plan and a bell gable. This makes it possible to distinguish the two religious buildings by their age and design: Sant CebriĂ stands out for its tall bell tower, while the chapel has a bell gable. A single-nave floor plan describes a church space with one nave; together with its rectangular shape, this gives the chapel a clear architectural feature.
The town’s history also includes a time when Mollet de Peralada was owned by the monasteries of Sant Quirze de Colera and Santa Maria de Vilabertran. This history of former ownership broadens the picture beyond individual buildings. Together with the Romanesque temple and the 18th-century chapel, it shows how the town’s history can be explored across different periods.
Winegrowing and landscape
Tocat de l’Ala sustainably cultivates six hectares of vineyards at the foot of the Serra de l’Albera. The vines there are between 30 and 100 years old; the vineyards are spread across Mollet de Peralada, Peralada and Garriguella. The wine-growing landscape described therefore covers three municipalities. For a different perspective on winegrowing, you can take a route through the estate of Celler La Vinyeta. The details answer different questions: Tocat de l’Ala describes the size, age and distribution of its vineyards, while the Celler La Vinyeta route runs through its estate. If you are interested in winegrowing, you can choose between the wider landscape and a route through an estate.
Comparing circular routes
The routes can also be distinguished by the sections described. The signposted Ruta dels Cranis circular route passes through woodland and climbs towards Puig de Ferriols. The circular route from Peralada to the Serra de l’Altrera starts at the public car park in Peralada, passes by the town and then follows a path surrounded by vineyards to Mollet de Peralada.
Woodland and the climb are the features mentioned for the Ruta dels Cranis; for the route from Peralada, they are the starting point and the vineyard-lined section to Mollet. One leads to Puig de Ferriols, while the other continues from Peralada to Mollet. This lets you compare the landscape experiences described for each without treating their different routes as one and the same.
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For the wider travel overview: Girona.
